The Vikings dainty princess

The men entered the room and sat down at a long rectangular table. The room was lit only by candlelight. At the head of the table sat a big buff man. He was wearing black bear and wolf pelts and his long raven hair was pulled back into a long braid. He had an earnest expression on his face as he looked around the room. As the discussions began the man's expression did not change. This meeting was to find him a queen. Paintings were brought in but none of them seemed tight to the man and he waved them all away. The meeting went on for an hour with no luck. Suddenly one of the council members brings out a painting of a beautiful girl. One of his men had pillaged the painting from a group of merchants. It had come with an invitation attached. the council member handed the painting and the invitation to the man. The man looked over it and smiled. The council sighed collectively, relived that he had made a decision. Now all that was left to do was come up with a plan.